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[RC] Ride stewards] - rides2far



NATRC requires stewards at all of their rides, although in deference 

to some legal liability issues they are now called "Rules 
Interpreters":

Good Lord has it come to this? So as a manager, I'll decide whether I can
afford that extra vet or a "rules interpreter". I remember when judges
for big horse shows had to be from at least 500 miles away so you had to
count on a plane ticket in addition to their fee.  Thinking back to the 
few times I've seen horses crash, the first two I can think of were
concsiencious riders not going that hard on horses who'd done this all
before. Having some anal retentive person in a straw hat flustering
around with a rule book wouldn't have done a darned bit of good whether
they were anybody's relative or not. Let's stick to the ideas that help
the riders & vets catch a problem before it gets out of hand because the
rider is the first line of defense and the vets can help them interpret
what they sense. We can't write a rule to cover every little clue that a
horse gives that something's up.

Angie

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